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☆ Wimbledon day 8: Will Rybakina break cycle? Did we see the most chaotic match-up?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Charlie Eccleshare | Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

Follow live coverage of Wimbledon 2024Welcome to the Wimbledon briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day eight of Wimbledon 2024, Elena Rybakina stepped up to her new billing, the ATP made a germy decision, and there was chaos on Court One. Elena Rybakina is one of three players left in the women’s field who has won a Grand Slam title before. Rybakina plays with a big serve and with flat power that keeps her ball low. More importantly, do we too often discount the data point of winning a tournament on grass the week before Wimbledon?

Persons: Elena Rybakina, Rybakina, Julian Finney, ”, Anna Kalinskaya, “, Elina Svitolina, She’s, Jelena Ostapenko, Barbora, Krejcikova, It’s, “ it’s, ” Matt Futterman, Yulia Putintseva, Ostapenko, Putintseva’s, Putintseva, 😂😂, ould, Fritz, ryo, aylor Fritz, Finney, Getty, bea, Rafael Nadal,, ” “Th, is ano, bec, hird, D., 🇪, 🇦 L., 🇸 A., Alves (Q, 🇹, B., Marte, J, Choi, 🇵, Nishiok, Goff, iva, J., 🇸 R., 🇷 L., 🇸 J., rin, Safi, T omlj, R, 🇸 R. M, Gade, 🇧 H., Tom o, 🇸 M., Zhan, 🇸, 🇳, Wang, 🇧, 🇦 28 D. Y, Bouzas, Su, D. Y, 🇷, ina, vito Organizations: Wimbledon, ATP, All England, Getty, WTA Tour, rte, acc, 🇨🇱, 🇬, 🇷, avon, 🇸, ritz, 🇺, ub, 🇧, (Q), 🇴 I. Begu, 🇴, Collins, Saville, Keys, uc Locations: Wimbledon, Ukraine, French

☆ Wimbledon recap day 7: Carlos Alcaraz’s highlight reel and Lulu Sun’s story
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Charlie Eccleshare | Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Welcome to the Wimbledon briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day seven of Wimbledon 2024, Carlos Alcaraz showed off his tennis diet, Lulu Sun kept building her story, and Daniil Medvedev set up a rematch. To really feel good on a tennis court, Carlos Alcaraz needs to play points that get the crowd off their seats. He lost the third set 6-1 and went on a run of losing four service games in a row. Even in an international sport like tennis, Wimbledon quarterfinalist Lulu Sun has quite some heritage.

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Lulu Sun, Daniil Medvedev, Ugo Humbert, Alcaraz, Humbert, Spaniard, Tommy Paul, — Charlie Eccleshare, Emma Raducanu, Sun, She’s, Julian Finney, Donna Vekic, Zhu Lin, Charlie Eccleshare Will Daniil Medvedev, Jannik, hadn’t, We’ll, Sinner, Medvedev, Adam Pretty, Grigor Dimitrov, Ben Shelton, he’ll, — Charlie Eccleshare Will Jasmine Paolini’s, Keys, Rob Newell, Camerasport, Paolini, Emma Navarro, — James Hansen, Paula Badosa’s, 🇷 F., Paul, 🇸 P., 🇪, 🇷 M., 7 🇦🇷 F, Dani e, C. O, A. T, 🇸 J. Muna, Du, L. N, J, 🇵 Y, Cobo, Mun, i tz 🇩, 🇧 F. J, Ker, B., C. Tau, Carl e, 🇸, Fernandez, 🇳 10 O. J, Golub, Boult e r 7 7 🇩, Mari, 🇴, eva, 🇷, 🇿 26, 🇷 16 E. J, Maia, 🇿, Wang, 🇧 E. R, ina, LL, odon, K, M., D., 🇸 19 E., Coll, Ry Organizations: Wimbledon, Getty, Madison Keys, Shelton, 🇬, Monfils, rgs, Walton, 🇰, 🇺, 🇸, Alcaraz 6, 🇷, 🇱 A. Rus, Navarro Locations: —, Croatian, New Zealand, Switzerland, Devon, Melbourne

☆ Wimbledon recap day one: Coco Gauff joined by lucky losers in women’s draw, Tiafoe rises
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Charlie Eccleshare | Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

Welcome to the Wimbledon briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. For world No 2 Coco Gauff, the draw at this year’s Wimbledon has been more than kind: It’s been positively loving. There are no Wimbledon champions in this half of the draw, but there is still a four-time slam winner. (Glyn Kirk / AFP via Getty Images)Can Frances Tiafoe make this the first day of the rest of his tennis life? Tiafoe came back from two sets down for the first time in his career, winning 6-7(5), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.

Persons: Casper Ruud, Aryna Sabalenka, Frances Tiafoe, Casper Ruud’s, Ruud, Alexander Zverev, Alex Bolt, Henry Nicholls, I’m, ”, Swiatek, you’ve, Coco Gauff, Victoria, Zheng, Lulu Sun, Mirra, —, Brenda Fruhvirtova, Jasmine Paolini, Maria Sakkari, Gauff, Caroline Dolehide, Naomi Osaka, Diane Parry, Glyn Kirk, Tiafoe, Mateo Arnaldi, ” Tiafoe, He’s, Roland Garros, craves, Borna Coric, — Carlos Alcaraz, Ben Stansall, Erika Andreeva, Britain’s Sonay Kartal, Aryna, Linda, Erika, Donna Vekic, rika, ade, ound, hird, Ber, G, 🇦🇷 18 S. Baez, 🇿 J., Kor, Borge, Dan, 🇪 E., Diaz, Hurkacz 🇲🇩 R, 🇸 J., . Ju, Kar, J, Fearnley, 🇹 1, Nakashima 🇦 🇺 J., F. J, 🇷 P., eva 🇩🇪, 🇦, A. Pot, Colli, 🇸, . Wozniacki, Bro, Fer, U vardy, Tomova 🇺 🇸, 🇴, K, 🇿 K., Yastrems, 🇷, Wang, 🇹, Danilo, eva, 🇯, Nava Organizations: Wimbledon, London, Getty, Tennis, Victoria Azarenka, U.S, 🇬, Monfils, ritz, emi, eni, Sta Locations: Wimbledon, Halle, Germany, Queen’s, London, Norway, Swiatek’s, Italy, AFP, Roehampton, Russian, Croatia, novi, Bou, Ste

☆ Xander Schauffele wins PGA Championship for first career major victory
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Brody Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Schauffele, golf’s beacon of unrewarded consistency, won the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on Sunday for his first career major victory. He did it in one of the more memorable ways possible, sinking a six-foot birdie putt on 18 with the entirety of the crowd watching. AdvertisementIt was the lowest score in major championship history. 10, his only dropped score of the day, could have been it for his major championship chances. He played on two Ryder Cup teams and only Lee Westwood, Colin Montgomerie and Steve Stricker had spent more weeks in the world top 10 without a major win.

Persons: Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau, “, It’s, ” Schauffele, Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, he’d, Viktor Hovland, DeChambeau, Bryson, …, —, eason, olin, ontgomerie, ake Organizations: PGA, Valhalla Golf, CBS, ust Locations: LOUISVILLE, Ky

☆ Nick Taylor wins raucous WM Phoenix Open in playoff after crowd trouble bedevils tournament
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Canada’s Nick Taylor completed a dramatic late fightback to win the WM Phoenix Open in a playoff on Sunday, after crowd trouble marred the notoriously raucous PGA Tour event at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona. Taylor sealed his second playoff victory in under a year. Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images“He [Hadwin] dodged security this time, so it’s good,” Taylor, who jumped 27 places to world No. During Friday’s second round, a fan suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a fall at the 16th hole, a statement from the PGA Tour said. Police and staff apprehend a fan dressed as William Wallace from "Braveheart" after he ran onto the 11th hole during the second round.

Persons: Nick Taylor, Taylor, Charley Hoffman, birdied, Adam Hadwin, Orlando Ramirez, ” Taylor, “, ” Hoffman, Scottie Scheffler, Scheffler, Steve Stricker, John, Sam Burns, Gretzky, Canada's Taylor, Steph Chambers, Jock Holliman, Carlos Ortiz, William Wallace, ”, Christian Petersen, Zach Johnson, Billy Horschel, Buddy, ” Horschel, “ He’s Organizations: CNN, WM, Winnipeg -, RBC Canadian, PGA, John Deere, Getty, Sky Sports, Police, Thunderbirds, Ryder Locations: Scottsdale, Arizona, Winnipeg

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler surged into contention to win a third straight Phoenix Open on Sunday, overcoming a huge mistake on the 18th hole to shoot a 5-under 66 in the weather-delayed third round. Scheffler was at 13 under, two shots behind Sahith Theegala and Nick Taylor as players struggle to avoid a Monday finish amid a second straight week of weather issues on the PGA Tour. Theegala matched Taylor's two-putt birdie on the short par-4 17th to tie for the lead and shot 69. Charley Hoffman had four straight birdies to close out a 64 and was tied with Andrew Novak at 14 under. A long weather delay pushed the first round into Friday, and the tournament has tried to play catchup ever since.

Persons: Scottie Scheffler, Scheffler, Sahith Theegala, Nick Taylor, Steve Stricker, Taylor, Theegala, Charley Hoffman, Andrew Novak, catchup, Zach Johnson, Tom Hoge, ___ Organizations: PGA, John Deere, Scottsdale Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sahith Theegala returned from a lengthy weather delay to finish off a 6-under 65, taking the early lead in the unfinished first round of the Phoenix Open on Thursday. Five days after weather shortened the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to 54 holes, storms followed the PGA Tour to the desert. Theegala broke through with his first PGA Tour win last fall at the Fortinet Championship, earning a spot in The Sentry to open the 2024 season. He chipped in on the par-4 second to start a run of three straight birdies before a bogey on No. 4 and had three straight birdies before the round was called because of darkness.

Persons: Sahith Theegala, Theegala, Andrew Novak, Kim eagled, Shane Lowry, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Steve Stricker, Chris Kirk, Kim bogeyed, Kim, Novak Organizations: Phoenix, Scottsdale, John Deere, PGA, Pepperdine Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz, Maui, imbibe

Tiger Woods is returning to the PNC Championship, the 36-hole event that has become one of his favorites because of his partner: His son. Woods and 14-year-old Charlie are playing the PNC Championship for the fourth straight year, the one tournament he has not missed during the last injury-plagued four years. “It is an amazing gift to be able to share my love of golf with Charlie and we genuinely do look forward to playing in the PNC Championship all years,” Woods said Wednesday. “Competing together, against a field of so many golfing greats and their families, is so special.”The PNC Championship is Dec. 16-17 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando at Grande Lakes. Because the PNC Championship is run by the PGA Tour Champions, Woods is allowed to ride in a cart.

Persons: Woods, Charlie, ” Woods, “, Steve Stricker, Izzi, Padraig Harrington, Ciaran, Paddy, ” Harrington, Lee Trevino, ___ Organizations: PNC, PNC Championship, Ritz, Carlton Golf Club Orlando, PGA Locations: Grande Lakes, Woods, Los Angeles, Bahamas, Wisconsin

☆ ATP roundup: Top seed Holger Rune squeaks into Basel semis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

1 seed Holger Rune of Denmark got past Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors Basel. But on the 13th point, Rune hit a dead netcord for a flukey, if fortunate, point. Hurkacz rallied past Dutch opponent Tallon Griekspoor 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4, while Humbert beat Swiss wild card Dominic Stricker 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia needing three sets to beat countryman and eighth seed Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarters. 2 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy won 32 of 38 first-service points (84.2 percent) to beat seventh-seeded American Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4.

Persons: Holger Rune, Denmark, Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Rune, Felix Auger, Alexander Shevchenko, Hubert Hurkacz, Ugo Humbert of France, Hurkacz, Tallon Griekspoor, Humbert, Dominic Stricker, Daniil Medvedev, Karen Khachanov, Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Croatia's, Italy, Frances Tiafoe, Andrey Rublev, Alexander Zverev Organizations: Swiss Indoors Basel, Russian, Swiss, Erste Bank, Thomson Locations: Canadian, Poland, Vienna

☆ ATP roundup: Andrey Rublev wins in Vienna, lands Finals spot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rublev had 21 winners against six unforced errors while reaching the Finals for the fourth straight year. Arnaldi had 19 winners and 11 unforced errors. Croatian wild card Borna Gojo had 22 winners and five unforced errors while upsetting sixth-seeded Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-4. Shevchenko, from Russia, had 40 winners and just eight unforced errors while outlasting third-seeded Taylor Fritz 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5). Griekspoor of the Netherlands need just 84 minutes to complete a 6-4, 6-3 win over Australia's Alex de Minaur, the No.

Persons: Andrey Rublev, Russia's Daniil Medvedev, Brendan Mcdermid, Italy's Matteo Arnaldi, Rublev, Arnaldi, Daniil Medvedev, Medvedev, Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego, Gojo, Tommy Paul, Tsitsipas, Tomas Machac, Frances Tiafoe, France's Gael Monfils, Basel Dominic Stricker, Alexander Shevchenko, Tallon Griekspoor, Ugo Humbert, Casper Ruud of Norway, Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur, France's Humbert, Nicolas Jarry of, Holger Rune, Argentina's Sebastian Baez, Felix Auger, Botic van de Zandschulp Organizations: Russia's, Russia's Daniil Medvedev REUTERS, Erste Bank, France's Gael, Swiss, Basel, Shevchenko, Denmark, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Vienna, Croatian, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Stricker, Russia, Netherlands, Nicolas Jarry of Chile, Canada

☆ ATP roundup: Top seed Holger Rune rallies in Basel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

1 seed Holger Rune of Denmark bounced back from a rough first set to beat Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 in first-round action at the Swiss Indoors Basel on Tuesday. Rune overcame four double faults and 15 unforced errors by winning 30 of his 43 first-service points (69.8 percent). 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland beat Serbia's Dusan Lajovic 7-6 (2), 6-3, while fifth seed Alex de Minaur of Australia beat Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-4, 6-4. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece beat home-country favorite Dominic Thiem 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the first round in Vienna, Austria. 3 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia defeated Australia's Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (5), 6-4, and American sixth seed Tommy Paul took care of Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-3, 6-1.

Persons: Holger Rune, Brandon Nakashima, Aly, Denmark, Serbia's, Rune, Hubert Hurkacz, Serbia's Dusan Lajovic, Alex de Minaur, Diego Schwartzman, Nicolas Jarry of, Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, Tallon Griekspoor, Russian Alexander Shevchenko, Dominic Stricker, Dominic Thiem, Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev, Australia's Alexei Popyrin, Tommy Paul, Frenchman Alexandre Muller, Frances Tiafoe, Daniel Evans of Great, Grigor Dimitrov of, Tomas Machac, Lorenzo Sonego Organizations: Shanghai, Sports City Arena, U.S, REUTERS, Swiss, Basel, Australia, Erste Bank, Russia, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, Poland, Argentina, Nicolas Jarry of Chile, Netherlands, Russian, Swiss, Greece, Vienna, Austria, American, U.S, Daniel Evans of Great Britain, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Czech

That's why his remarkable, record-setting year on the PGA Tour Champions has Stricker thinking about playing more on the PGA Tour next year. “I don't know if it will work,” Stricker said at the Constellation Furyk & Friends. He already has set the PGA Tour Champions earnings record — currently $3,986,063 — and he is a lock to become the first senior player to surpass $4 million in a year. The courses on the PGA Tour Champions aren't as long and the competition isn't nearly as strong. “It's just a great time to be part of the PGA Tour,” he said.

Persons: Steve Stricker, “, ” Stricker, —, Stricker, Marco Simone, Charles Schwab, ”, “ I've, I've, I'm, Brooks Koepka, ” Stricker hasn't, Mike Weir, Weir couldn't, “ Jordan Spieth, ” Weir, Strick, “ It's, ___ Organizations: PGA, Constellation, Timuquana, Ryder, U.S . Senior, Phoenix, Ryder Cup, Sony Locations: JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Rome, Scottsdale, Europe, Oahu, Timuquana

The idea behind the Ryder Cup task force that was formed after the 2014 matches was to build some continuity among the U.S. teams. He had been an assistant four times in the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup. The key is to see whom Furyk, the 2018 Ryder Cup captain and now the Presidents Cup captain for 2024 in Montreal, selects as his assistants for next year. Former PGA champion David Toms was overlooked as a Ryder Cup captain, just like another PGA champion, Larry Nelson, was before him. DIVOTSRickie Fowler is one of four Americans to have been on a losing Ryder Cup team in Europe at least four times.

Persons: GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Luke Donald, Bernard Gallacher, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, LIV, Woods, Ben Hogan, Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, John Lindert, Don Rea, Seth Waugh, Steve Stricker, Davis Love, Fred Couples, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Marco Simone, Matt Kuchar, David Duval, David Toms, Larry Nelson, Toms, he's, Max Homa, Brooks Koepka, ” Jordan Spieth, “, ” Spieth, Si Woo Kim, Kim, Yubin Jang, Wooyoung Cho, “ I've, Danny Oh, Rory McIlroy, McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Arthur Blank, Steve Cohen, DIVOTS Rickie Fowler, Danny Willett, ”, LIV Golf, Louis Oosthuizen, Ludvig Aberg, Swede, ’, ___ Organizations: — Team, Bethpage, Bethpage Black, U.S, Ryder, PGA, FedEx, BMW PGA, South Korea, Asian Games, South, Games, Asian, Sports, SoFi Technologies, ESPN, Atlanta Falcons, New York Mets, SoFi, Ryder Cup, Dunhill, Sanderson, Texas Tech, PGA Tour University, Indiana, Italian Golf Federation Locations: Italy, Saudi, Adare Manor, Ireland, U.S, Montreal, Paris, Europe, England, France, Wentworth, South, China, Thailand, South Florida, Los Angeles, Atlanta , New York, Boston, Saudi Arabia, Mississippi

☆ ATP roundup: No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas ousted in Beijing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 30, 2023; Flushing, NY, USA; Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece hits to Dominic Stricker of Switzerland on day three of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-4, 6-4. 6 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy, defeated a pair of Brits, Cameron Norrie and Daniel Evans, respectively, to advance to the second round. Astana OpenJurij Rodionov of Austria defeated second-seeded Sebastian Baez of Argentina 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals in Kazakhstan. Also advancing were Czech Jiri Lehecka, Sebastian Korda and Adrian Mannarino of France, seeded fourth through sixth, respectively.

Persons: Stefanos, Dominic Stricker of, USTA Billie Jean King, Danielle Parhizkaran, Nicolas Jarry of, Carlos Alcaraz, Yannick Hanfmann, Daniil Medvedev, Russia, Tommy Paul, Holger Rune of Denmark, Canada's Felix Auger, Casper Ruud of, Lennard Struff, Andrey Rublev, Italy, Cameron Norrie, Daniel Evans, Alexander Zverev, Argentina's Diego Schwartzman, Jurij Rodionov, Austria, Sebastian Baez, Rodionov, Czech Jiri Lehecka, Sebastian Korda, Adrian Mannarino of Organizations: USTA Billie, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, China, Jurij, Thomson Locations: Flushing , NY, USA, Greece, Dominic Stricker of Switzerland, Beijing, Nicolas Jarry of Chile, Germany, Casper Ruud of Norway, Russia, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Czech, Adrian Mannarino of France

☆ Finland stun US to reach Davis Cup quarters, Australia and Canada through
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It means a lot for the whole country and for tennis in Finland. Dusan Lajovic crashed to a 6-3 6-2 defeat by Jakub Mensik to leave Serbia in a spot of bother in Valencia. They will be joined by Australia, after last year's runners-up secured a 3-0 win over Switzerland in Group B in Manchester. We knew that we still had to win this match," Ebden said after the duo scored a 6-2 6-4 win over Huesler and Stricker. Nicolas Jarry levelled the Group A tie in Bologna by beating Gabriel Diallo 6-4 6-4 before the deciding doubles rubber.

Persons: Pabellon Fuente, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Nikola Cacic, Adam Pavlasek, Tomas Machac REUTERS, Pablo Morano, Otto Virtanen, outlasting Mackenzie McDonald, Emil Ruusuvuori, Tommy Paul, Ruusuvuori, Novak Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Jakub Mensik, Laslo Djere, Jiri Lehecka, I'm, Lehecka, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Dominic Stricker, Alex de Minaur, Marc, Andrea Huesler, Max Purcell, Matthew Ebden, Ebden, Alexis Galarneau, Chile's Alejandro Tabilo, Nicolas Jarry, Gabriel Diallo, Shrivathsa Sridhar Organizations: Czech, Finland, Davis, U.S, Australia, Switzerland, Thomson Locations: Serbia, Czech Republic, San Luis, Valencia, Spain, Croatia, United States, Canada, Australia, Finland, Split, It's, Malaga, Manchester, Bologna, Bengaluru

☆ Djokovic propels Serbia into Davis Cup quarter-finals, Britain win
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"I'm on cloud nine, as you can see with everything that's has been happening lately on the tennis court," Djokovic said following his 13th straight match victory. Djokovic said he was fully committed to helping the 2010 Davis Cup champions in their quest for a second title in the premier men's team competition. "At the beginning of the season I said the Grand Slams and playing for my country were my priorities. Over in Manchester, an emotional Andy Murray gave Britain a 1-0 lead over Switzerland by outlasting Leandro Riedi 6-7(7) 6-4 6-4 and later revealed he missed his grandmother's funeral to play in the Group B clash. Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris and Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Laslo Djere, Albert Ramos, that's, I'm, Andy Murray, outlasting Leandro Riedi, Stan Wawrinka, Cameron Norrie, Dominic Stricker, Dan Evans, Neal Skupski, Matteo Arnaldi, Cristian Garin 2, Lorenzo Sonego, Nicolas Jarry, Otto Virtanen, Dino Prizmic, Emil Ruusuvuori, Borna, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ken Ferris, Pritha Organizations: U.S, Davis, Spain, Serbia, Malaga, Serbian, Britain, Croatia, Thomson Locations: VALENCIA, Spain, Serbia, New York, Valencia, Malaga, Czech Republic, we're, Manchester, Switzerland, Swiss, Italy, Bologna, Chile, Finland, Split, Netherlands, Bengaluru

He was tied for 20th, chasing Lucas Herbert, the leader after a 6-under 63. Herbert had 10 birdies — seven over his final nine holes — to overcome an early bogey. 59 in the world, needed a big spark after entering the FedEx Fall 152nd in points. The 63 wass two shots shy of the tournament course record of 61 shared by seven players, most recently Ricky Barnes in 2018. “Just one bad swing that led to a double and then a bad wedge shot that was quite frustrating,” Homa said.

Persons: — Justin Thomas scuffled, Thomas, Lucas Herbert, ”, “, Herbert, Kim, Kelly Kraft, Jason Dufner, Harry Hall, Sung Kang, Zac Blair, Mark Hubbard, Max Homa, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink, ” Herbert, Herbert parred, Ricky Barnes, Barnes, Homa, Steve Stricker, ” Homa Organizations: Ryder, Wyndham, FedEx, John Deere Locations: NAPA, Calif, Greensboro , North Carolina, wasn’t, Northern, America, Australia, Maine

☆ Tennis-Serbia and France off to Winning Starts in Davis Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

VALENCIA (Reuters) - Serbia made a victorious start to their Davis Cup Finals group stage campaign by beating South Korea on Tuesday before 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic arrives for tougher tests ahead. "It's tough to play against a player who you consider is not at his highest level but this is the Davis Cup and everybody can surprise you." Adrian Mannarino battled past Dominic Stricker 3-6 6-1 6-4 while Ugo Humbert sealed a comfortable 6-4 6-4 win over veteran Stan Wawrinka, who made his return to Davis Cup duty earlier in 2023 after seven years away. Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin teamed up to beat Wawrinka and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-2 6-2 in the doubles rubber. Nicolas Jarry then settled the contest by defeating Elias Ymer 6-2 6-4 in 69 minutes.

Persons: Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Margaret Court's, Dusan Lajovic, Hong, Laslo Djere, Kwon, Djere, He's, hasn't, Adrian Mannarino, Dominic Stricker, Ugo Humbert, Stan Wawrinka, It's, Stan, he's, Humbert, Adrian, Nicolas Mahut, Edouard Roger, Vasselin, Wawrinka, Marc, Andrea Huesler, Leo Borg, Bjorn Borg, Cristian Garin, Nicolas Jarry, Elias Ymer, Wesley Koolhof, Harri Heliovaara, Patrik Niklas, Salminen, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ken Ferris Organizations: VALENCIA, Reuters, Davis, South Korea, Spain, U.S, France, Chile Locations: Serbia, Valencia, Czech Republic, Manchester, Switzerland, France, Australia, Britain, Malaga, Sweden, Bologna, Croatian, Split, Netherlands, Finland, Bengaluru

☆ Serbia and France off to winning starts in Davis Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The 36-year-old's team mates ensured there were no hiccups in their opener as Dusan Lajovic downed Hong Seong-chan 6-4 7-6(3) and Laslo Djere battled past Kwon Soon-woo 4-6 6-2 6-2 to give Serbia an unassailable 2-0 lead in the tie. "It's tough to play against a player who you consider is not at his highest level but this is the Davis Cup and everybody can surprise you." Adrian Mannarino battled past Dominic Stricker 3-6 6-1 6-4 while Ugo Humbert sealed a comfortable 6-4 6-4 win over veteran Stan Wawrinka, who made his return to Davis Cup duty earlier in 2023 after seven years away. Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin teamed up to beat Wawrinka and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-2 6-2 in the doubles rubber. Nicolas Jarry then settled the contest by defeating Elias Ymer 6-2 6-4 in 69 minutes.

Persons: France's Ugo Humbert, Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka, Jason Cairnduff, Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Margaret Court's, Dusan Lajovic, Hong, Laslo Djere, Kwon, Djere, He's, hasn't, Adrian Mannarino, Dominic Stricker, Ugo Humbert, Stan Wawrinka, It's, Stan, he's, Humbert, Adrian, Nicolas Mahut, Edouard Roger, Vasselin, Wawrinka, Marc, Andrea Huesler, Leo Borg, Bjorn Borg, Cristian Garin, Nicolas Jarry, Elias Ymer, Wesley Koolhof, Harri Heliovaara, Patrik Niklas, Salminen, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ken Ferris Organizations: AO, Rights, Davis, South Korea, Spain, U.S, France, Chile, Thomson Locations: France, Manchester, Britain, Serbia, Valencia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Australia, Malaga, Sweden, Bologna, Croatian, Split, Netherlands, Finland, Bengaluru

Nine of the 12-man American team played Marco Simone for the first time. It’s a great test and it’s a really, really good match-play golf course. ... (We're) going to utilize his wisdom and he’s passionate about (the Ryder Cup). He’s just not here physically.”Woods was a player on eight Ryder Cup teams and a vice captain in 2018. While the U.S. routed Europe at home in Whistling Straits two years ago, the Americans haven’t won the Ryder Cup on European soil in three decades.

Persons: Zach Johnson, Marco Simone, Brooks Koepka, LIV, Brooks, —, ’, ” Johnson, Koepka, “ Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, ”, Johnson, Steve Stricker, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, Stewart Cink, There'll, it’s, He’s, ” Woods, haven’t, “ What’s, It’s, “ We’ve, …, ” Justin Thomas, “ JT, Thomas, “ It’s, ___ Organizations: ROME, U.S, Ryder Cup, Team USA, Ryder, Valderrama Locations: Rome, Saudi, Europe, Spain, France, U.S, Whistling Straits, Peter’s, Italy

☆ 2023 Ryder Cup teams: Shock selections, ‘criminal’ absences: Everything you need to know about the squads
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —The teams are in – and Ryder Cup fever has officially taken hold. Team USACaptain: Zach JohnsonA member of five US teams as a player, Johnson is a veteran of the Ryder Cup. Consistency” – who accumulated more Ryder Cup points than the next two closest players combined since the start of 2022. Subsequently, selecting Koepka for his fourth Ryder Cup appearance was an “easy pick” for his captain. Rounding out the American roster are Ryder Cup rookie Burns and Morikawa, who went 3-0-1 on his debut two years ago.

Persons: Zach Johnson, Luke Donald, Marco Simone Golf, It’s, Johnson, Steve Stricker, Stricker, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, Stewart Cink, Jonathan Bachman, Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa, Xander Schauffele, Scheffler, Ezra Shaw, Clark, Harman, Homa, Schauffele, ” Homa, ” Harman, ” Johnson, Sam Burns, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas It’s, LIV, Koepka, “, “ Brooks, CNN Thomas, he’s, JT, ” Thomas, Thomas, Ryder, ” Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley, Denny McCarthy, “ Zach, Ross Kinnaird, Spieth, Fowler, Burns, Morikawa, Marco Simone, that’s, Luke Donald He, Donald, Henrik Stenson, Francesco Molinari, Edoardo –, Thomas Bjørn, Nicolas Colsaerts, María, Sergio Garcia, Andrew Redington, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick, Robert MacIntyre, McIlroy, Rahm, Fitzpatrick, compatriot Hatton, MacIntyre, ” Donald, ”, Paul Ellis, Captain’s, Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Nicolai Højgaard, Ludvig Aberg, Swede, Ludvig, “ He’s, Fabrice Coffrini, Adrian Meronk, Paul Goydos, Adrian, There’s, Straka, Rose, Lowry Organizations: CNN, Ryder, United States, Country Club, Team Europe, Team USA, Whistling, Davis Love, Tour, PGA, CNN Sport, FedEx, Getty, USA, ” Team, Northern, Scottish, Hovland, European, Fleetwood Locations: –, Rome, Italy, Whistling Straits, Hazeltine, Saudi, Europe, Hovland, Norwegian, AFP, Switzerland, Crans Montana

☆ With 'nothing to lose', Fritz guns for Djokovic upset at US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"He's gotten me seven times," Fritz said of the Serb, who beat Borno Gojo in straight sets to reach the quarters. Fritz, one of three U.S. men in the last eight, was thrashed 6-0 6-4 by Djokovic in the Cincinnati quarter-finals last month but he said he would take positives from that defeat. "It's good that I got the one in Cincinnati out of the way," said Fritz. I'm not going to do anything different because I'm playing Novak. I'm going to play my game, play within myself and trust that if I play well, it's enough."

Persons: Taylor Fritz, Steve Johnson, Shannon Stapleton, Novak Djokovic, Fritz, Dominic Stricker, He's, I've, Djokovic, I'm, Novak, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Peter Rutherford Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Swiss, Borno Gojo, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, American, New York, Cincinnati, Bengaluru

☆ Djokovic enjoys drama-free win to reach US Open quarters
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

On Sunday, the 36-year-old Serb broke to open the contest and was never threatened as Gojo managed only a single break chance in the entire match. Next up for Djokovic is top-ranked American and ninth seed Taylor Fritz, who advanced with a tidy 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4 win over Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker. Fritz will head into the showdown as the only player yet to drop a set but still stinging from the 6-0 6-4 beating Djokovic laid on him in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open. "Obviously Taylor has been now an established top-10 player for the last couple of years," said Djokovic, who has won all seven career meetings with Fritz. Reporting by Steve Keating in New York; Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Serbia's Laslo Djere, Shannon Stapleton, Novak Djokovic, Gojo, Djokovic, Laslo Djere, Margaret Court's, Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Taylor Fritz, Dominic Stricker, Fritz, Taylor, Steve Keating, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Tennis, Serbia's Laslo Djere REUTERS, U.S, 105th, Croat, Djokovic, Swiss, Cincinnati, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, U.S, Flushing Meadows, New York

☆ Coco Gauff, Caroline Wozniacki ready for clash of generations at US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

She's still a really fit player," Gauff said of the 33-year-old former world number one before their fourth-round match. I know she's watched tennis when she was retired. But I kind of accept that all these players they're going to play the best tennis against me." It is the first time since 2011 that four American men have reached the U.S. Open fourth round. "Someone achieves something big, then someone else comes and wants to match him or one-up him and it's the cycle that keeps going.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Belgium's Elise Mertens, Shannon Stapleton, Caroline Wozniacki, Novak Djokovic, Iga, Gauff, Sofia Kenin, Arthur Ashe, Wozniacki, She's, It's, Laslo Djere, Borna Gojo, Swiatek, Jelena Ostapenko, Jelena, it's, she's, Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Ashe, Frances Tiafoe, Hijikata, Louis Armstrong, Taylor Fritz, Swiss Dominic Stricker, we've, Fritz, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ed Osmond Organizations: Tennis, U.S, Croatian, Swiss, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, New York, Washington, Cincinnati, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Four Americans set to play in US Open men’s fourth round for first time in more than a decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton will all be in action on Sunday – Paul and Shelton playing each other while Tiafoe will face Australia’s Rinky Hijikata and Fritz will take on Switzerland’s Dominic Stricker. Taylor Fritz has never reached the fourth round of the US Open before. Mike Stobe/Getty Images“We’ve all been hearing about who’s going to be the next American (after) Andy Roddick 20 years ago our entire careers. Sarah Stier/Getty Images“Obviously around the grounds, everyone is really stoked and excited about the Americans,” Paul told the Washington Post. Coco Gauff is so far the only American woman to reach the fourth round of this year’s tournament, though Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula are still in contention at time of publication.

Persons: Andy Roddick, Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Paul, Shelton, Hijikata, Fritz, Dominic Stricker, Mike Stobe, ” Fritz, “, ”, ” Tiafoe, Arthur Ashe, France’s Adrian Mannarino, Timothy A, Clary, Taylor, he’s, Roddick, Sarah Stier, ” Paul, ’, Sloane Stephens, Coco Gauff, Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula Organizations: CNN, American, Reuters, Eurosport, “, Flushing, Getty, Washington Post Locations: Flushing Meadows, AFP, American

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